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Kevin Bennie

Nov 16, 2023 10:13 AM

Mark 9 - Confession 2

👇💥 FULL DEVOTIONAL💥👇 9:30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” 32 But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. “And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭9:33-37‬ ‭ESV‬‬ 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:31-40 NIV Last of all. Servant of all. This sounds like someone we know...isn't this what Jesus did for his disciples? For all of humanity? Yes, even the lowliest, the smelliest, the dirtiest, the outcasts, the most obnoxious, the poorest, or the guilty? In what ways is Jesus asking you to lose your life? What are ways that you care for the least of these in your life right now? How might Jesus be inviting you into new expressions of this ministry right now?

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Hey friends, we're tracking with Jesus and the disciples through Mark 8, 9, and 10, and in Mark 9 is the second confession of Jesus, of his life and mission and purpose, and then a really important teaching coupled with that. Jesus and his disciples are passing through Galilee and Jesus doesn't want anyone to know because he's trying to teach them, get through to them, this is who I am and this is why I came. It says specifically that he said to them, the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men and they will kill him and then after three days he will rise. And they don't really understand this. It doesn't make sense to them. He's the Messiah. What's this rising from the dead? That doesn't really compute with them. Well, they get to Capernaum where they were going and he says, you know, what were you talking about along the way? Because he knew that it had come up, they were arguing about who was the greatest. They clearly see Jesus's power. The transfiguration had just happened. Only Jesus was able to deliver this small boy from this evil spirit. The disciples couldn't do it. So who is the greatest? I mean, who's got the most power, right? Who visited the mountain with Jesus for the transfiguration? Well, Peter, James, and John. Who's really the greatest here? Jesus says, I love it, says that he sat down and he called the twelve. So I would imagine this to be a little bit of exasperation. Man, the disciples, right? And he says, listen, if anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all. This is totally backwards. Jesus, what are you talking about? He calls over a child. Anyone who would receive this little child. A child? Children aren't really that special. Not back then. They received me. This makes me think of the story in Matthew. Jesus is teaching and he tells this parable about the sheep and the goats. He says to the sheep on his right hand, he says, when I was hungry, you gave me something to eat. And when I was a stranger, you invited me in. When I needed clothes, you clothed me. When I was sick, you looked after me. When I was in prison, you came to visit me. And they said, when did we do these things? Truly, I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. When we care for the one that doesn't seem to matter, when we care for the sick, when we care for those imprisoned, those who are guilty, when we care for those who are dirty and smelly and obnoxious and outcast and put aside, Jesus says, you're actually caring for me. This is my way. This is the way that I am asking you to take up your cross, to lose your life. What ways is Jesus inviting you to lose your life? Pray about this, friends. Peace.

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